Chemistry
Finding the key to flightlessness
Study explores the genetics behind the evolution of flightless birds Since Darwin's era, scientists have wondered how flightless birds like...
Solar panel demand causing spike in worldwide silver prices
Rising demand for solar panels is having a major effect on the worldwide price of silver, which could lead to...
University of Barcelona researchers develop new variant of Maxwell’s demon at nanoscale
Credit: M. Ribezzi-Crivellari et al. Maxwell's demon is a machine proposed by James Clerk Maxwell in 1897. The hypothetical machine...
New study shows people used natural dyes to color their clothing thousands of years ago
Credit: Annemarie Kramell Even thousands of years ago people wore clothing with colourful patterns made from plant and animal-based dyes....
SMU physicist Jodi Cooley will receive the 2019 Klopsteg Award
Previous recipients include Michio Kaku, Neil deGrasse TysonCredit: SMU SMU physicist Jodi Cooley has been named the 2019 Klopsteg Memorial...
Folding revolution
New deep-learning approach predicts protein structure from amino acid sequence Nearly every fundamental biological process necessary for life is carried...
Green plastic production made easy
Credit: Kiyotaka Nakajima, Hokkaido University A one-step method enables scalable and more environmentally friendly production of plant-derived plastic monomers, paving...
Small fossils with big applications — the BP Gulf of Mexico time scale
New study published in Geological Society of America Bulletin Boulder, Colo., USA: Geologic time scales are critical to understanding the...
Partnering for sustainable wood protection systems
Continuing UTIA research will advance methods for sustainably preserving woodCredit: Photo by K. Keel-Blackmon, courtesy UTIA. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- April...
World-record quantum computing result for Sydney teams
Theory group is driving advances in global efforts to build useful machinesCredit: University of Sydney A world-record result in reducing...
Scientists improve sensitivity and stretchability of room-temperature liquid metal-based sensor
Credit: WANG Lei Scientists have developed a room-temperature liquid metal-based super-stretchable sensor, with the advantages of facile fabrication, low cost,...
6.6 billion light years away: Neutron stars merger radiance observed
Credit: SHENG Zhenfeng On April 11th, 2019, an international team led by Professor XUE Yongquan from University of Science and...
New PFASs discovered in Cape Fear River, though levels are declining
In 2015, a fluorosurfactant known by the trade name "GenX" made headlines when researchers discovered it and related compounds in...
Need more energy storage? Just hit ‘print’
Drexel researchers produce conductive MXene ink to print micro-supercapacitorsCredit: Drexel University Researchers from Drexel University and Trinity College in Ireland,...